Craig Hunter leaves Bitmaker Labs to join Ritual
Craig Hunter has been through a lot as CEO of Bitmaker Labs for the past year and a half. In a recent blog post published to…
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Celebrate National Girls Learning Code Day on November 7
For the second year in a row, Ladies Learning Code is celebrating National Girls Learning Code Day, an initiative where more…
Lighthouse Labs to help Venture for Canada grads get code-savvy
Lighthouse Labs and Venture for Canada, a nonprofit dedicated to recruiting top grads to work at Canadian startups, are partnering…
#smallrooms podcast: EventMobi
Rob Kenedi chats with Bijan Vaez, cofounder of EventMobi, a mobile events app platform, about bootstrapping their startup to…
MaRS, Hacking Health, BDC Capital and Real Ventures launch Hacking Health Accelerator
Today, Hacking Health, BDC Capital, Real Ventures, and MaRS announced a partnership to launch the Hacking Health Accelerator,…
Today in funding ($51M): Turnstone Biologics, Invixium, Qvella, Elastic Path Software
This week, three Toronto-based companies raised impressive Series A rounds – two of them in healthtech. Here’s…
Ecofuel now accepting cleantech applications for cohort 3
Montreal’s Ecofuel accelerator is now accepting applications for its next cohort. Ecofuel is looking for early-stage cleantech…
Notman House and La Gare partner with Startup Canada to expand co-working opportunities in Montreal
On the road in Montreal yesterday as part of its #EveryEntrepreneur Tour, Startup Canada announced a partnership with two of…
Early-stage startups: tips and tricks to get traction faster
You’ve got your big idea (or at least, you think you do) for something that’s going to disrupt the marketplace. You’re…
Lendified joins MaRS FinTech cluster
Toronto-based alternative lender Lendified announced today that it has joined the MaRS FinTech cluster. Launched in only August…
#WaterlooRegion: one person’s revitalization is another’s gentrification
I’m thrilled with the growth of the NetSuite office in downtown Kitchener – seeded with the TribeHR team as part of an…
Ottawa Senators team up with IBM to personalize fan experience
The Ottawa Senators and IBM announced a long-term partnership to apply behaviour-based, predictive analytics technologies to…
Montreal Founder Institute opens applications for Winter-Spring 2016 cohort
After graduating its Spring 2015 cohort, the Montreal chapter of Founder Institute, the world’s largest entrepreneur…
BCTIA and PayPal Canada partner to launch Vancouver FinTech cluster
PayPal Canada is collaborating with BCTIA to launch a new FinTech cluster, which the partners hope will establish Vancouver’s…
Nymi a partner in MasterCard’s new Commerce for Every Device program
This week, MasterCard introduced a new program that will turn customer products — ranging from industries like automotive,…